I walked in the sunshine with a scholar who
had effectively forfeited his prospects of academic advancement by
clashing with church dignitaries over the gospel of grace. 'But it
doesn't matter,' he said at length, 'for I've known God and they
haven't.'
--J. I. Packer, Knowing God,
The biggest trials I have gone through in my life have been over the gospel of grace. I have been personally attacked
and endured many trials in the ministry, my character has been
attacked, and I've lost count of the ways the enemy has tried to
discourage me and get me to quit the ministry. I don't know the man
Packer is talking but I certainly know exactly what he was talking
about. What ever I have lost or forfeited doesn't matter because I know
God and have entrusted my life to him and the gospel of grace. There is
no other gospel, there is no other way of salvation. I can say with the
apostle Paul I am what I am by the grace of God.
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